Water

Sustainable Development of Water, Energy and Environment Systems (SDEWES 2024-2025)

edited by

Susana P. Boeykens

,

Oz Sahin

, José María Ponce-Ortega,

Maria Vicidomini

and

Md Mortula

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4840 | Submission Open

Keywords: water management; sustainability comparisons and measurements; green economy and better governance; climate resilient water systems; environmental policy and management; transformative water governance; water and wastewater treatment; water– energy nexus; energy and water efficiency; water demand management; water systems in rural; regional; and island communities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water-Energy Nexus)

Soil Water Balance and Management: Recent Advances and Future Challenges

edited by Pei Tian,

Hai Xiao

and

Wenzhao Guo

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4532 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; soil water management; soil and water conservation; water erosion processes; water and soil pollution control; non-point source pollution control; integrated water management; erosion modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)

Membrane Separation and Water Treatment: Modeling and Application

edited by Xianghao Ren, Linan Xing and Jooil Park

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3976 | Submission Open

Keywords: water and wastewater treatment and reuse; membrane technologies; activated carbon; adsorption; chemical filtration; gas separation; energy storage and utilization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Water-Induced Geo-Disaster Reduction in the Context of Climate Change: Hydrology, Management Strategies, and Ecological Geological Engineering

edited by

Chang Zhou

and

Massimiliano Bordoni

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3950 | Submission Open

Keywords: water-induced geo-disaster; water burst; hydrological cycle processes; soil and water conservation; monitoring systems; numerical simulation; ecological restoration; resilience strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Biodegradation Strategies for Sustainable Removal of Persistent Pollutants and Xenobiotics in Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Mohd Faheem Khan

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3002 | Submission Open

Keywords: xenobiotics; emerging pollutants; PFAS; toxic heavy metals; biodegradation; biotransformation; catalysis; clean-up enzymes and their engineering and immobilization; biofilms; wastewater treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Intelligent Analysis, Monitoring and Assessment of Debris Flow

edited by Weijie Zhang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2998 | Submission Open

Keywords: debris flow; water– soil coupling; artificial intelligence; numerical analysis; monitoring; risk evaluation; mitigation measure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)

Recent Advances in Photocatalysis in Water and Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Monica Brienza

and

Laura Scrano

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2920 | Submission Open

Keywords: photocatalysis; wastewater reuse; decentralized treatment; low-cost water treatment; AOPs; adsorption; water scarcity; agricultural irrigation; process optimization; sustainable water management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Advances in Research on Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soil and Water

edited by

Lin Guo

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2603 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytoremediation; soil; water; labortory studies; field applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)

Advanced Oxidation Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Qiao Wang

, Huarui Li and Jialin Jia

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2362 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation technologies; water treatment; pollutant removal; catalyst design; oxidation mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Extreme Hydrological Events Under Climate Change

edited by

Diana Šarauskienė

and

Darius Jakimavičius

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2191 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; extreme hydrological phenomena; floods; droughts; hydrological variability; river runoff; hydrological cycle; water resources; mitigation strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)

Advances and Innovations in Technologies for Treatment and Toxicity Assessment of Conventional and Emerging Contaminant in Industrial Wastewater

edited by

Yongkui Yang

and

Yingxin Zhao

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2000 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial wastewater treatment; wastewater reuse; conventional and emerging contaminants; toxicity and risk assessment; AI; intelligent control; LCA

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Modelling, Monitoring and Assessment of Soil Hydrology and Ecological Processes

edited by

Lei Han

and Ming Zhao

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1771 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing; spatial analysis and modeling; soil moisture; vegetation ecology; multiple scale; climate change; land use

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)

Coastal Flood Hazard Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategies

edited by

Quan Van Dau

and

Xander Wang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1581 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; water security; hydrological modeling; coastal erosion; climate adaptation; compound flooding; sea level rise; extreme weather event

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)

Advanced Chemical and Biological Technologies for Water Purification and Contaminant Degradation

edited by Zhanghao Chen and Longgang Chu

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1327 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation and reduction; photocatalysis and electrocatalysis; biotechnologies; radical chemistry; contaminant degradation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Numerical and Experimental Methods, Data Analyses, Digital Twin, IoT Machine Learning and AI in Water Sciences

edited by

Junye Wang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1299 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; water quality; biodiversity; modelling; simulation; integration; monitoring; data analyses; digital twin; IoT machine learning and AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)

Contaminants in Aquatic Systems: Biogeochemical Processes, Ecological Impacts

edited by

Zhenjie Zhao

, Zengping Ning and

Chen Ling

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1255 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic ecosystems; heavy metals; PFAS; POPs; emerging pollutants; ecological risk assessment; water quality; redox processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)

Advances in Research on Hydrology and Water Resources

edited by

Md Jahangir Alam

,

Monzur Imteaz

and

Faisal Anwar

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 876 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrology; water resources; extreme climate; climate change; drought and floods; AI and machine learning in water management; low-flow simulation; enviromental pollution; cultural flows; river basin

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Application of Smart Technologies in Integrated Water Quality Modeling, 2nd Edition

edited by Tianxiang Wang and

Haiyan Zhang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 646 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental model; assessment method; statistic model; mechanism model; regional indicators; machine learning; water resource

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)

Rural Wastewater Treatment by Nature-Based Solutions

edited by

Rui Zhang

and

Xuetong Yang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 621 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural wastewater treatment; water reuse; nature-based solutions; life cycle assessment; techno-economic analysis; resource recovery; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Microplastics and Microfiber Pollution in Aquatic Environments

edited by Adriano Fiorucci and

Valentina Balestra

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 345 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics; microfibres; water pollution; water quality; waste water; water ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)

Membrane Technologies for Biofouling Prevention in Water: Theory, Methods and Applications

edited by

Mònica Reig

and Guillem Gilabert-Oriol

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 331 | Submission Open

Keywords: biofouling; fouling; organic fouling; reverse osmosis; membranes; nanofiltration; desalination; water treatment; wastewater; brackish water; seawater; bacteria; biofilms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Urban Water Management: Challenges and Prospects, 2nd Edition

edited by

Nelson Carriço

and Maria do Céu Almeida

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 288 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water infrastructure; sustainable water management; urban drainage systems; resilient water systems; climate change adaptation; green infrastructure; smart water technologies; urban water governance; circular water economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Water Management)

Precision Irrigation Management and Soil Moisture Optimization in Agroecosystems

edited by

Nawab Ali

and

Younsuk Dong

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 239 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision irrigation; water use effeciency; irrigation effeciency; sensing technologies; smart irrigation; variable rate irrigation; irrigation schedulling; deficit irrigation; evapotranspiration; soil-plant-water relation; IoT in irrigation; decision tools; simulation modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)

Biochar’s Role in Water-Stable Soils and Remediation

edited by

Mohammad Ghorbani

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open

Keywords: biochar; soil hydraulic properties; water retention; infiltration; soil– water interactions; soil amendment; soil water holding capacity; hydrological modeling; climate resilience; sustainable land management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)

Bridge Hydraulics: Current State of the Knowledge and Perspectives, 2nd Edition

edited by

Giuseppe Oliveto

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open

Keywords: bridge hydraulics; bridge scour; bridge embankment breaching; bridge scour countermeasures; bridge monitoring techniques; fluvial hydraulics; sediment transport

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)

Drought Risk Assessment and Human Vulnerability in the 21st Century, 2nd Edition

edited by

João Filipe Santos

and

Miguel Potes

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought risk assessment; climate change; human and environmental vulnerability; resilience building; IPCC scenarios

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and Climate Change)

Ecological Influence Assessment on the Occurrence and Control of Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms in Aquatic Habitats

edited by

Jieming Li

and

Peng Xiao

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open

Keywords: harmful cyanobacterial bloom; occurrence; control; cyanotoxin; ecological consequence; biogeochemical process

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)

Innovative Technologies for Comprehensive Management of Urban Water Pollution

edited by Yang Li

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban water pollution; advanced wastewater treatment; monitoring systems; stormwater management; wetlands; resource recovery; emerging contaminants; decentralized systems; smart water governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Water Management)

Low-Carbon Technologies and Digital Solutions for Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Tao Zhang

and Alice Boarino

submission deadline 21 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4798 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon technologies; machine learning; artificial intelligence; wastewater treatment; circular economy; biomass; organic waste; nutrient recovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Ship and Ocean Engineering

edited by

Yu Hu

and

Liang Sun

submission deadline 23 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4283 | Submission Open

Keywords: fixed and floating offshore wind turbines; cables and mooring; wave loads; wind loads

(This special issue belongs to the Section Oceans and Coastal Zones)

Aquaculture Productivity and Environmental Sustainability

edited by Changwei Li,

Wenchang Liu

and Gang Liu

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13461 | Submission Open

Keywords: recirculating aquaculture systems; aquaculture engineering; wastewater treatment; environmental sustainability; precise farming management; smart aquaculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)

Risk Characterization, Assessment, and Management Derived from Water for Environmental/Human Health

edited by

Cheng Yan

and

Annalaura Carducci

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8323 | Submission Open

Keywords: water and human development; water pollution; risk assessment; environmental health risks; human health risks; hazard identification; dose– response assessment; exposure assessment; risk characterization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water and One Health)

Basin Non-Point Source Pollution

edited by

Lei Chen

, Qiuliang Lei and Cheng Sun

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7981 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-point source pollution; watershed model; best management practices; watershed management; agricultural management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)

Potential of Artificial Intelligence in Addressing Critical Challenges Related to Water Resources

edited by

Abdeltif Amrane

and

Jie Zhang

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 6304 | Submission Open

Keywords: water treatment; water management; contaminants; artificial intelligence; deep learning applications; predictive modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)

Applications of Multi-Source Remote Sensing Technologies in Soil Moisture Monitoring

edited by

Lingli Zhao

,

Hongtao Shi

and

Weidong Sun

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4749 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil moisture inversion; mulit-source remote sensing technologies; data fusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)

Protection and Restoration of Freshwater Ecosystems

edited by

Ivana Buj

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3678 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation activities; ecological restoration; ecological state; extinction risk; freshwater environments; protection of biodiversity; threats to freshwater environments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems)

River Science: Integrated Management of Water Resources in the Anthropocene, 2nd Edition

edited by

Martin Schletterer

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1753 | Submission Open

Keywords: river science; monitoring; multiple stressors; hydrobiology; hydromorphology; river restoration; habitat modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)

Hydrogeology of the Mining Area

edited by

Abdelkabir Maqsoud

and

Ana Teresa Luís

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 770 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogeological characterization; hydrogeological modeling; dewatering; open pit; deep mining; hydrochemistry; backfill; environmental impact; mine site reclamation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Snow and Glacier Hydrology in Changing Climate and Urbanisation

edited by Mohd Soheb

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 677 | Submission Open

Keywords: glaciers; snowmelt; hydrology; runoff; water management; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology)

Resilient Water Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Agroecosystems

edited by

Eeswaran Rasu

and

Prakash Kumar Jha

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural water management; seasonal climate forecasting and smart irrigation technologies; options for water-efficient rainfed agriculture; soil moisture sensors and IoT for decision support in irrigation; rainwater harvesting; reservoirs and tank management for agriculture in arid regions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)

Using Artificial Intelligence for Smart Water Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

Jianjun Ni

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 145 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; smart water; Internet of Things; machine learning; automation; robotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)

Advances in AI, Numerical, and Experimental Approaches for Water Resources Applications

edited by

Mario Maiolo

and

Guglielmo Federico Antonio Brunetti

submission deadline 26 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2573 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; numerical modelling; remote sensing; experimental hydraulics; nature-based solutions; coastal risk mitigation; water distribution systems; climate change adaptation; hydrology; water resource applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics)

Machine Learning in Water Distribution Systems and Sewage Systems

edited by Jacek Piekarski and

Jacek Dawidowicz

submission deadline 26 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2420 | Submission Open

Keywords: water distribution systems; sewage systems; stormwater systems; hydraulic simulations; artificial intelligence models; machine learning; deep learning models; evolutionary computation; fuzzy inference

(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)

Using Machine Learning Methods for Agricultural Water Cycle Assessment

edited by

Ze Liu

submission deadline 27 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7295 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural water resources; machine learning; water demand; big data; features

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture)

Wastewater Resourceization: Pioneering the Future of Sustainable Water

edited by

Lei Qin

submission deadline 28 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1379 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced oxidation; nanomaterials; adsorption; membrane bioreactor; membrane fouling control; membrane modification; wastewater resource utilization; immobilized microorganisms/enzymes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)

Monitoring and Assessment of Water Quality in Drinking Water Distribution Systems

edited by Hui Zhang and Dan Zhong

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 27291 | Submission Open

Keywords: water distribution system; drinking water; water quality; monitoring; water quality indicator; water quality analysis; pollutant; risk assessment; water quality management; modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Quality and Contamination)

Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction: Gender, Community-Based Approaches, and Local Governance in Mitigating Water-Related Hazards

edited by

Ashfaq Ahmad Shah

and Wahid Ullah

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10595 | Submission Open

Keywords: inclusive disaster risk reduction; community resilience and vulnerability; local governance and disaster risk reduction; community-based disaster risk management; socio-economic impacts of water hazards; nature-based solutions for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation; water hazards and social inequalities; gender based violence in response to water hazards

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)

Effects of Hydrology on Soil Erosion and Soil Water Conservation

edited by Yifan Dong,

Mingming Guo

and

Dan Yang

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4649 | Submission Open

Keywords: water erosion; splash erosion; rainfall; overland flow; concentrated flow; jet flow; infiltration; subsurface flow; modeling; soil conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil and Water)

Study of Hydrological Mechanisms: Floods and Landslides

edited by Prabin Kayastha

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4128 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydology; landslides; floods; numerical model; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrogeology)

Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing in Hydrology and Hydrogeology

edited by

Heng Lu

,

Xiaoai Dai

and Lei Ma

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2689 | Submission Open

Keywords: GIS and remote sensing; hydrology and hydrogeology; hydrological modeling and simulation; water resource management; flood and drought monitoring; climate change impact analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences)

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